Rob wrote:The One wrote:Rob wrote:The One wrote:kevin kents tasce wrote:Just watched the full Maynard interview on follow.
Very interesting comments about the team's fitness during Dempster's reign. He said that the players so the work that's asked of them and that the increased focus on conditioning under GC has been
A little bit of evidence to back up those of us who were critical of the fitness levels under JD
Its because of JD we are in this mess, never even looked fit pre season.
Course it was
Like I said, who do you blame for a player saying they were not fit ?
The player, it's your job to be fit.
Nope. Like in all jobs, your job is to do as you're told to do by your manager. GC came in and told them to work hard a triple training. The players do it because it's their jobs.
Some managers set targets for players to attain over their break to return at a certain level of fitness, usually this is to accommodate the pre season schedule that the manager has devised. Sometimes doing too much in the off season burns you out quicker into the season. This could be what happened last season with our late dip in form. Only the players know if they felt burnt out but it is a possibility, if they did then that was a mistake by Flitcroft. I generally tend to be towards the injuries to key players being the main reason for the downfall.
Generally players are contracted to 5 weeks paid holiday. Tell me, when you are on holiday do you continue to do your job fully?
It's not unprofessional to meet the requirements set out by their manager. We don't know what targets we're under Demps but I've heard/read comments by other managers about players who haven't met these targets.
